IEA Bioenergy’s Task 36: Material and Energy valorisation of waste in a Circular Economy has published a report on Social and Environmental Sustainability of Municipal Solid Waste in the Context of the UN SDGs. The work builds on input from participants in a series of regional workshops held in South Africa, …
Each month we are highlighting 2-3 stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins listening in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. This month’s selections are: Chapter 12: From the Ashes by Elizabeth Taylor, …
Date: 13 May 2025, 12-13:30 BST (13-14:30 CEST) IEA Bioenergy Task 37 is running a webinar on Manure to Biogas: Global Lessons and Challenges in Unlocking Farm-Based Potential. This webinar builds on a recent report and aims to explore the untapped potential of manure-based biogas systems in a global context. …
Date: 6 June 2025 Venue: Cranfield University The PFAS WG, led by Dr Tao Lyu, is organising a workshop on ‘Environmental Biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond‘. Keynote speakers Prof Peter Jaffé, and Prof Joshua Atkinson from Princeton University, USA will give talks on natural bacterial strains for …
A 2-day workshop led by Prof John Bridgeman of the University of Liverpool brought together specialists in fluid mechanics with microbiologists and water industry end users to discuss best practice and new opportunities in hydrodynamic modelling of anaerobic digestion of wastewater biosolids. These complex multi-phase non-Newtonian fluids present a range …
Another month with sad or bad news for our many members in the UK water industry – but in at least one area, EBNet is helping to develop solutions. On 25 April the National Audit Office (NAO) published its report on ‘Regulating for investment and outcomes in the water sector‘. …
The International Fugitive Emissions Abatement Association IFEAA has carried out a review of factors enabling on-farm anaerobic digestion and methane capture. The IFEAA team, including EBNet’s Network Co-Manager Angela Bywater, worked with system developers to understand policy, regulatory, skills and technology aspects, as part of the Cornwall-based Net Zero Methane …
This micrograph shows a sample taken on 2 April 2025 from salt pans near the Mar Menor (Murcia, Spain), a haven of extremophile diversity. On the left is the alga Dunaliella salina that has lost its two characteristic flagella and is in the process of encysting. Blooms of these …
The BBC’s Rare Earth programme has a new episode out on PFAS, the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that are now a major emerging pollutant: listen or download on Rare Earth – Forever Chemicals – BBC Sounds. Dr Tao Lyu from Cranfield University, who leads EBNet’s PFAS Working Group, says: “New …
Title: Synergies of renewable hydrogen and biobased value chains deployment: Environmental performance and promising value chains Date: 6 May 2025, 15-16:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST) Location: Online via TEAMs This webinar aims to shed light on promising biobased value chains that could exploit synergies between the hydrogen sector and the …
Watch out for the House of Lords debate on Engineering Biology on Mon 28 April This topic and some of the issues raised are highly relevant to EBNet, and we are considering whether to draft a position statement on the role of Engineering Biology in Environmental Biotechnology. More details: The …
Date: 17-19 September 2025 Venue: IHE Delft, Netherlands This event aims to bring together researchers in microbial ecology and physiology, environmental biotechnology and engineering working in the emerging field of phototrophic aggregation. The conference will cover topics from fundamental research to innovative applications in wastewater treatment and ecosystem restoration. The conference …
Date: 11-17 June 2025 Location: Albi, France IMT Mines Albi, as part of EUR BioEco, is hosting the second RENEWGAS Summer School on bio-hydrogen and bio-methane production using biological and thermochemical processes. The summer school considers pathways to convert biomass into storable gas energy carriers. It is divided in four …
Date: 12 May 2025 Time: 13-14:00 (GMT) Location: Online (Registration required) Carbogenics is presenting a free webinar on Biochar and Biogas – A winning combination. The webinar aims to provide A comprehensive understanding of biochar and its impact on AD Solutions for common challenges in AD processes Insights into CreChar …
Don’t miss the two new animations in our series on Microbiology/Engineering Interactions, which came out during #EnvBiotechAware week. Prof Tom Curtis has already shown his Microbes in Wastewater Treatment as part of a presentation to the Royal Academy of Engineering, while Aerobic Granules captures some key themes of the AG …
